Test 9 · ★ · Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tig…

Wait, how'd the shepherd trick them, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, shepherd · What happens: wait, trick · To what, where: them

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1163 «Indian tales, The Jackal and the Panther, part 29: the tight shoes and the greyhound in sheep's wool» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 trick	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 trick	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 trick	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shepherd	det
6	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	nsubj
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 trick	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	7 trick	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	trick	infinitive	the shepherd	them = they					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He hid a greyhound under a sheepskin and sold it to the jackal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greyhound	det
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sheepskin	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sheepskin	det
7	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sold	cc
9	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sold	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 jackal	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jackal	det
13	jackal	jackal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	a greyhound		a sheepskin			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent greyhound=Patient under sheepskin=Location
2	sell	past	He not said here	greyhound	the jackal				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to jackal=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He sewed a greyhound into sheepskin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sewed	nsubj
2	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greyhound	det
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sewed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 sheepskin	case
6	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	past	He	a greyhound		sheepskin			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent greyhound=Material into sheepskin=Product

Option 3

He dressed a goat as sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dressed	nsubj
2	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 goat	det
4	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dressed	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	past	He	a goat				as sheep	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Patient

Option 4

He sewed a greyhound into a sheepskin coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sewed	nsubj
2	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 greyhound	det
4	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sewed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 coat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 coat	det
7	sheepskin	sheepskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coat	compound
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sewed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	past	He	a greyhound		a sheepskin coat			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent greyhound=Material into coat=Product

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